Sizzling Starts

By a sizzling start, I don't mean the sizzle noise a barbeque lets of when you switch it on. I mean the language feature that you use at the beginning of a narrative. So, what are you waiting for? Lets find out more about them!

A sizzling start is an interesting sentence or two that you use at the beginning of an introduction on a narrative to make it more interesting. For example, this is a sizzling start: I heard a loud bang behind me as i eerily watched a big shadow crawl towards me. My heart was beating against my lungs, and I gasped for air as the shadow reached out for me...... See how this sizzling start just makes you want to keep reading and see what happens next? This is the effect that a sizzling start should have on you, and if it doesn't, edit it so that it does. For more information, watch the slideshow below.

Try This At Home: 

Try writing a few of your own sizzling start! Use the technique used in the slideshow above. When you have done 2-5 sizzling starts, put each of them into a story. *For more information on writing a story, go to the WRITING A STORY tab